A trial judge’s decision to grant summary judgment in a lawsuit against former doctor Mark Midei, whose license was revoked in 2011 for implanting unnecessary stents, was upheld on appeal Tuesday because the plaintiff did not prove fraud in the ...

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A Baltimore judge Friday afternoon approved a $37 million settlement of class-action lawsuits against St. Joseph Medical Center over unnecessarily implanted stents, ending four years of litigation.

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Plaintiffs’ lawyers in two class-action lawsuits brought by patients who alleged they received unnecessary stents at St. Joseph Medical Center are requesting almost $15 million in fees as part of the $37 million settlement, according to court documents.

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A Delaware couple has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against Peninsula Regional Medical Center and a former doctor now serving a federal prison term for implanting unnecessary stents.

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The former owner of St. Joseph Medical Center has agreed to pay as much as $37 million to resolve two class-action lawsuits filed by patients who alleged they received unnecessary stents.

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Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center now can receive long-term therapy based on information found in their genes.

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A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of a Salisbury cardiologist who implanted unnecessary heart stents in more than 100 patients at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.

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The judge who oversees Baltimore County Circuit Court overstepped his authority when he overturned a trial judge’s decision about how best to handle the litigation against Mark G. Midei and St. Joseph Medical Center Inc., an attorney for the healthcare facility told Maryland’s top court Friday.

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The University of Maryland Medical System has agreed to honor the Catholic identity and religious heritage of the St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson as the medical giant begins talks to buy the beleaguered community hospital this spring. But that ...

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WASHINGTON — A Senate investigation found that Medicare spent millions of dollars for stents implanted by a Maryland doctor accused of putting them in patients who didn’t need them, according to a report released Monday. The investigation also found that ...

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